1.1+Show+understanding+of+specified+aspect(s)+of+studied+written+text(s),+using+supporting+evidence

The texts listed below are young adult fiction most suited to NCEA Level 1 and level 6 of the curriculum as they tend to be narrative driven with fairly obvious messages:

1.1 Extended Texts


 * **Text Title** || **Text Author** || **Comment** ||
 * **Non-Fiction** ||  ||   ||
 * Follow The Rabbit-Proof Fence || Doris Pilkington ||  ||
 * Going Solo || Roald Dahl ||  ||
 * Hiroshima || John Hersey ||  ||
 * Kinder Transport || Diane Samuels ||  ||
 * Mihipeka || Mihi Edwards ||  ||
 * Night || Elie Wiesel ||  ||
 * Not Without My Daughter || Betty Mahmoody ||  ||
 * The Blind Side || Michael Lewis ||  ||
 * Touching The Void || Joe Simpson ||  ||
 * **Novels** ||  ||   ||
 * A Bridge to Wiseman’s Cove || James Maloney ||  ||
 * Against the Odds || Matt Te Pou ||  ||
 * A Kind of Loving || Stan Barstow ||  ||
 * Animal Farm || George Orwell ||  ||
 * An Ocean in Iowa || Peter Hedges ||  ||
 * Black Like Me || John Howard Griffin ||  ||
 * Blue Feather || Gary Crew ||  ||
 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Graphic Novel) ||  ||   ||
 * Children of the Dust || Louise Lawrence ||  ||
 * Feed || M T Anderson ||  ||
 * Finding Grace || Alyssa Brugman ||  ||
 * Fighting Ruben Wolfe || Markus Zusak ||  ||
 * I Coriander || Sally Gardner ||  ||
 * I Heard the Owl Call My Name || Margaret Craven ||  ||
 * Island of Shattered Dreams || Chantel T Spitz ||  ||
 * Jolt || Bernard Beckett ||  ||
 * Kidnap of Jessie Parker || William Taylor ||  ||
 * Kit’s Wilderness || David Almond ||  ||
 * Lester || Bernard Beckett ||  ||
 * Letters from the Inside || John Marsden ||  ||
 * Lionheart || Jesse Martin ||  ||
 * Looking for Alibrandi || Melina Marchetta ||  ||
 * Montana 1948 || Larry Watson ||  ||
 * Mutuwhenua || Patricia Grace ||  ||
 * Northern Lights || Philip Pullman ||  ||
 * Noughts and Crosses || Malorie Blackman ||  ||
 * Of Mice and Men || John Steinbeck ||  ||
 * Orchard Street || Maurice Gee ||  ||
 * Out Walked Mel || Paula Boock ||  ||
 * Owl || Joanna Irwin ||  ||
 * Peeling the Onion || Wendy Orr ||  ||
 * Q+A || Vikas Swarup ||  ||
 * Red Cliff || Bernard Beckett ||  ||
 * Red Dog in Bandit Country || Fleur Beale ||  ||
 * Red Necklace || Sally Garnder ||  ||
 * Rocco || Sheryl Jordan ||  ||
 * Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry || Mildred Taylor ||  ||
 * Shadow Waters || Inna Furey ||  ||
 * Sold || Zana Mushen ||  ||
 * State Ward || Alan Duff ||  ||
 * Strange Objects || Gary Crew ||  ||
 * Sumitra’s Story || Rukshana Smith ||  ||
 * Talking in Whispers || James Watson ||  ||
 * Tangerine || Edward Bloor ||  ||
 * Taronga || Victor Kelleher ||  ||
 * The Boy in Striped Pyjamas || John Boyne ||  ||
 * The Chocolate War || Robert Cormier ||  ||
 * The Conch Bearer |||| Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ||
 * The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time || Mark Haddon ||  ||
 * The Fat Man || Maurice Gee ||  ||
 * The Giver || Lois Lowry ||  ||
 * The Highest Tide || Jim Lynch ||  ||
 * The Hunger Games || Suzanne Collins ||  ||
 * The Outlanders || Margaret Beames ||  ||
 * The Pearl || John Steinbeck ||  ||
 * The Running Man || Richard Bachman ||  ||
 * The Ten PM Question || Kate de Goldi ||  ||
 * The Wave || Morton Rhue ||  ||
 * The Whole of the Moon || Duncan Stuart ||  ||
 * This Boy’s Life || Tobias Wolfe ||  ||
 * Thunder Road || Ted Dawe ||  ||
 * Tomorrow When The War Began || John Marsden ||  ||
 * Unwind || Neil Shustiman ||  ||
 * Violence 101 || Denis Wright ||  ||
 * Water in the Blood || Alan Bunn ||  ||
 * Whale Rider || Witi Ihimaera ||  ||
 * Women for Walking || Witi Ihimaera ||  ||
 * Z For Zachariah || Robert C O’Brien ||  ||
 * **Plays** ||  ||   ||
 * An Inspector Calls || J B Priestley ||  ||
 * A Streetcar Named Desire || Tennessee Williams ||  ||
 * Grace - Pat Spillane ||  ||   ||
 * Macbeth || Shakespeare ||  ||
 * Niu Sila |||| Dave Armstrong and Oscar Kightley ||
 * Romeo and Juliet || Shakespeare ||  ||
 * Rosie || Pat Spillane ||  ||
 * The Pohutukawa Tree || Bruce Mason ||  ||
 * The Tempest || Shakespeare ||  ||
 * Twelfth Night || Shakespeare ||  ||
 * Twelve Angry Men || Reginald Rose ||  ||
 * **1.1 Short Texts** ||  ||   ||
 * **Poetry** ||  ||   ||
 * || Maya Angelou ||  ||
 * || Billy Collins ||  ||
 * || Ruth Dallas ||  ||
 * || Carol Ann Duffy ||  ||
 * || Sia Figiel ||  ||
 * || Seamus Heaney ||  ||
 * || Sam Hunt ||  ||
 * || Selina Tusitala Marsh ||  ||
 * || Apirana Taylor ||  ||
 * || Hone Tuwhare ||  ||
 * **Short Stories** ||  ||   ||
 * || Roald Dahl ||  ||
 * Arthur Conan Doyle || Sherlock Holmes ||  ||
 * || Patricia Grace ||  ||
 * Witi Ihimaera || Pounamu Pounamu&others ||  ||
 * || Graham Lay ||  ||
 * Flight || Doris Lessing ||  ||
 * || Owen Marshall ||  ||
 * Like Wallpaper || Carl Nixon ||  ||
 * || Frank Sargeson ||  ||
 * || Apirana Taylor ||  ||
 * ** Visual Texts – Teachers will need to check the Censor’s rating for the following texts to ensure they follow the law. This web address will help:** ||
 * www. Censorship.govt.nz/DDA/Pages/Screens/DDA/DecisionSearchCriteriaPage.aspx ||
 * About a Boy ||  ||   ||
 * Amelie ||  ||   ||
 * Bend it Like Beckham ||  ||   ||
 * Billy Elliot ||  ||   ||
 * Bowling for Columbine ||  ||   ||
 * Boy ||  ||   ||
 * Chocolat ||  ||   ||
 * Coach Carter ||  ||   ||
 * Dark Knight ||  ||   ||
 * Dead Poets’ Society ||  ||   ||
 * Field of Dreams ||  ||   ||
 * Forrest Gump ||  ||   ||
 * Freedom Writer’s Diary ||  ||   ||
 * Goodnight and Good Luck ||  ||   ||
 * In Pursuit of Happyness ||  ||   ||
 * Into the Wild ||  ||   ||
 * Invictus ||  ||   ||
 * Juno ||  ||   ||
 * M*A*S*H series ||  ||   ||
 * Mean Creek ||  ||   ||
 * October Sky ||  ||   ||
 * O Tamaiti (Short Film) ||  ||   ||
 * Purely Belter ||  ||   ||
 * Remember the Titans ||  ||   ||
 * Rabbit Proof Fence ||  ||   ||
 * Romeo and Juliet ||  ||   ||
 * Secondhand Wedding ||  ||   ||
 * Slumdog Millionaire ||  ||   ||
 * Spider Man ||  ||   ||
 * Stand By Me ||  ||   ||
 * Strictly Ballroom ||  ||   ||
 * Ten Things I Hate About You ||  ||   ||
 * The Basketball Diaries ||  ||   ||
 * The Blind Side ||  ||   ||
 * The Breakfast Club ||  ||   ||
 * The Diary of Anne Frank ||  ||   ||
 * The Hurricane ||  ||   ||
 * The Power of One ||  ||   ||
 * The Sapphires ||  ||   ||
 * The Strength of Water (NZ) ||  ||   ||
 * The Truman Show ||  ||   ||
 * The War Horse ||  ||   ||
 * The World’s Fastest Indian ||  ||   ||
 * Tomorrow When the War Began ||  ||   ||
 * Touching The Void ||  ||   ||
 * V For Vendetta ||  ||   ||
 * Walk the Line ||  ||   ||
 * What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? ||  ||   ||
 * **Short Stories** ||  ||   ||
 * || Raymond Carver ||  ||
 * || Kate Chopin ||  ||
 * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button || F Scott Fitzgerald ||  ||
 * || Janet Frame ||  ||
 * || Patricia Grace ||  ||
 * || Witi Ihimaera ||  ||
 * || Katherine Mansfield ||  ||
 * || Owen Marshall ||  ||
 * Arrangement in Black and White || Dorothy Parker ||  ||

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